Through the archives | Blackburn Rovers
As Swansea City get set to lock horns with Blackburn Rovers, we take a look back at some memorable meetings against The Blue and Whites in years gone by.
Swansea City 3-0 Blackburn Rovers
Championship | February 22, 2025
Swansea City claimed their first home win of 2025 in convincing fashion, with goals from Žan Vipotnik, Myles Peart-Harris and Liam Cullen securing a dominant victory over play-off hopefuls Blackburn Rovers at the Swansea.com Stadium.
Caretaker head coach Alan Sheehan had called for a reaction following a difficult start to the new calendar year, and his side responded in style.
Vipotnik bundled home his fifth goal of the season to open the scoring before Peart-Harris produced an excellent solo effort to double the Swans’ advantage before the break.
Cullen then completed the scoring with his 11th goal of the campaign, sealing a valuable three points for the Swans.
Swansea City 2-1 Blackburn Rovers
Championship | March 2, 2024
Joe Allen and Jamie Paterson were on target as Swansea City secured their first-ever league double over Blackburn Rovers after victory at the Swansea.com Stadium.
Luke Williams’ side dominated the opening period and deservedly took the lead when Allen scored his second goal of the season from close range. Paterson then made it 2-0 with his seventh goal of the campaign after excellent pressing work in midfield.
Sammie Szmodics pulled one back for the visitors after the break, but the Swans held on to claim all three points, just as they had done at Sunderland a week earlier.
The victory secured back-to-back league wins for the first time since October and gave Williams his first home league win in charge in SA1.
Swansea City 3-0 Blackburn Rovers
Premier League | April 14, 2012
Swansea City took a major step towards securing their Premier League status in their debut season with an emphatic 3-0 victory over Blackburn Rovers at the Liberty Stadium.
Brendan Rodgers’ side impressed throughout as they comfortably overcame a Rovers team battling relegation.
Gylfi Sigurdsson opened the scoring before Scott Sinclair and Danny Graham combined to set up Nathan Dyer for the Swans’ second.
Any hopes of a Blackburn comeback were ended when Sigurdsson struck the post from point-blank range, with the ball rebounding into the net off Scott Dann to complete a memorable afternoon in SA1.
Swansea City 2-0 Blackburn Rovers
Division Two | April 4, 1981
Having beaten Derby County in their previous outing, Swansea City continued to build momentum in their bid to reach the top flight for the first time in their history.
That victory at Derby began an eight-game unbeaten run at the business end of the season, a sequence that would prove crucial to their promotion hopes.
The Swans followed it up with a 2-0 win over Blackburn, with Nigel Stevenson and the impressive Leighton James scoring in the second half.
A month later, victory over fellow Lancashire side Preston North End secured the club’s place in the First Division.
Swansea City 5-1 Blackburn Rovers
Division Two | August 18, 1956
Swansea City made an impressive start to the new Second Division season with a 5-1 victory over Blackburn Rovers at the Vetch Field.
Ivor Allchurch opened the scoring before Mel Charles took centre stage, netting the Swans’ second goal before half-time.
Charles then added three more goals after the break to complete a remarkable four-goal haul and give Ron Burgess’ side an emphatic start to the 1956-57 campaign.
Charles would go on to finish that season with 21 goals to his name as the Swans scored a club-record 90 league goals in total.